Auto-Bop

Episode Name: Auto-Bop
Series: The Transformers (classic, 1980's), Season 2
Rating: Four Spaceships

Mission Briefing:
When Rowel and his two friends try to put on show in front of the new, popular night club--the Dancitron--they're almost beat up by a gang hired by the Dancitron folks. The Autobots Blaster and Tracks come to their rescue, and discover an odd mystery. People that don't hang together are, and those odd groupings are in the Dancitron as well! To top it off, more odd groupings are building a building... at one o' clock in the morning! Turns out the Decepticons are behind the Dancitron, but will Rowel and the Autobots find out what the plot is this time?

Mission Report:
This is one of my favorite episodes. It had good music (hey, nightclub and Blaster!), and a pretty good story. The Decepticons are actually using the humans with hypno-affects. Hey, we're not useless insignificant things like they say, and this is one of those episodes where it gets through Megatron's thick head! It was fun to watch Rowel's and Tracks's relationship play again. Those two are good friends, even I can tell through their bickering!
There was only one thing that kept this episode from getting five ships. The purpose of the building was never explained. Was it to hide a Spacebridge? Or was it a bigger Dancitron? Was it a new Decepticon Headquarters? It was just never explained. It's not a good idea to leave that kind of thing hanging and never explain it.
Other than that, it's a very good episode, and it's one of my faves.